Doom’s developer ID has reportedly been cut in half as part of Xbox offs

As part of the many people who are hitting Xbox, Destruction developer id Software has laid off nearly 50 percent of its workforce, According to Game Maker. One source said that the layoffs amounted to more than 90 layoffs. Another source said that the id QA department was hit hard. The report was published on the same day that id is publishing it a major expansion of recent ones Destruction game.

A former id employee who was involved in the cuts, Michael Maynard, confirmed the figure LinkedIn postsaying that the layoffs have affected “nearly” 50 percent of the company. “We created the BEST first-person engine technology in the industry,” he said. “Yet today, Microsoft/XBOX decided that half of the team was considered LISELESS and needed to be abandoned; despite the incredible work and effort from every developer, programmer, artist, music player, level designer, fx, tech designer, and so on.”

Xbox did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Monday, Bloomberg he said that ZeniMax, the parent company of id, Bethesda, and other studios, will focus on major franchises, including. Destruction, Scrolls of the Elders, Dana, An earthquake and Wolfenstein. On Bluesky, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier said id it can be cut “many working people.”

Developers at id Unionized last year. “Today’s layoff has devastated the teams of id Software, Bethesda Game Studios, and ZeniMax Online Studios, legendary studios whose employees have given us games like. Destruction, An earthquake, The Elder Scrollsand Dana,” Derrick Osobase, Vice President, CWA District 6, he says in his voice. “This week’s removals will lower the quality of this popular game and make it less fun to play and delay the release, ultimately hurting players and reducing Microsoft’s revenue.”

id co-founder John Romero posted a message to support the injured workers. “We deeply apologize to everyone at id Software who has been affected by these layoffs,” he said. “I know what it’s like to leave id when id goes on. It’s amazing and painful to leave a place where you have a lot of work, friends and a reputation.” Romero is also no stranger to the effects of Microsoft’s cost-cutting: the company says liquidation of money in a new title from Romero Games as part of the July 2025 round of Xbox and cutting.

About 1,600 Xbox employees were laid off on Monday, and about 1,600 more will be cut throughout Microsoft’s fiscal year, which runs through June 2027. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said. The wounds came as part of the layoffs at Microsoft that affected 4,800 workers. Meanwhile, Blizzard Entertainment, which is under Activision, was not immediately affected by the layoffs. But in the memo to the staff report on Windows CentralBlizzard president Johanna Faries said that the team “can look forward to hearing more about what happened that day and what it means for Blizzard in the next communication.”